PS: Someone tipped me, so here's an extra chapter.
The sudden emergency message from the Land of Lightning threw the other villages into disarray. At the Third Hokage's call, Konoha held an emergency meeting.
Before long, an elite squad of six set off for the Land of Lightning, led by Setsuna Uchiha of the Uchiha Clan. The squad included the heads of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, Ashikaga Hyuga, leader of the Hyuga Branch Family, and Jin Inuzuka, head of the Inuzuka Clan.
At last, a legitimate purge mission had come along, and none of Konoha's ninja clans wanted to miss the opportunity. The two ninja villages in the northern and southern parts of the Land of Lightning might not measure up to Konoha, but aside from the Uchiha and Senju, Konoha's clans were all quite interested in the valuable things they held.
Even if Kumogakure's three arts—ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu—didn't suit a clan's secret techniques or bloodline, they were still indispensable additions to a clan's collection.
After all, their clans' secret techniques hadn't appeared overnight.
Who knew when a genius might be born into a clan, one who could combine those things with the clan's secret techniques and forge a new path, leading the clan to even greater heights?
Afterward, the two Kage-level principals of the eastern and western Primary Schools would head to the Land of Lightning with a support squad made up of Jonin from eighteen ninja clans, each bringing a Chunin along.
The two principals' main task was to scout for talent and fill the gaps in the Primary School Ninja Academy.
The rest of the squad would essentially scour every inch of the place.
"The Land of Lightning lies northeast of the Land of Fire. We'll pass through the Land of Hot Water and the Land of